Horizons beachfront restaurant reopens under original owner

SANDWICH — Horizons is back on the bay. And its original owner is back in place.

By ROBERT GOLD

capecodtimes.com

By ROBERT GOLD

Posted Jul. 9, 2014 at 2:00 AM
Updated Jul 9, 2014 at 7:30 AM

By ROBERT GOLD

Posted Jul. 9, 2014 at 2:00 AM
Updated Jul 9, 2014 at 7:30 AM

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SANDWICH — Horizons is back on the bay. And its original owner is back in place.

The Town Neck Road restaurant, Horizons on Cape Cod Bay, opened in early June, after seven seasons of being operated under different ownership as Hemisphere.

Before that, Frank Kelleher owned and operated the waterfront restaurant and bar as Horizons on Cape Cod Bay, founding it in 1978.

"We have it up and running again," Kelleher said.

During his first stint of running the seasonal restaurant, Kelleher was the day-to-day operator of the business, too. But this time, he splits his time between Nantucket and Siesta Key, Florida, where he has owned the restaurant Turtles on Little Sarasota Bay since the mid-1980s.

Ken Idsardi, a manager at his Florida restaurant, is handling the day-to-day operations at the Sandwich restaurant as general manager.

During Hemisphere's seven-year run, Kelleher remained the property owner. The restaurant's previous owners transferred the deed for the business back to him earlier this year.

Kelleher said he has implemented the casual attire, "hangout" feel of Horizons that was prevalent during his first run. Hemisphere was a more "sophisticated dinner" menu approach, he said.

"It's always been casual, it's always been a younger crowd," Kelleher said of his approach at the site.

Idsardi said the restaurant has brought back a pool table and college pennants over the bar to give it the laid-back feel.

Kelleher said he plans on keeping ownership in the restaurant in his family.